Clochan

The National Monuments Service's description

In the vicinity of Teampall Bheanáin (GA119-009001-) are a number of clochans: (a) 5m to NNE (GA119-009002-) is a rect­angular structure (L 3m, Wth 1.5m) consisting of two drystone walls and two formed from the natural rock face; (b) c. 50m to NNW (GA119-008----) is a drystone structure which excavations (Manning 1985, 105; B1) revealed was built in three phases. It consisted of a small square building (L/Wth 2.9m ?) with a doorway at E, a window at N, and a later annexe (L 2.7m, Wth 2.2m). Both were subsequently enclosed by a wall acting as a shelter. Excavations produced 17th-C pottery; (c) c. 125m to NW (GA119-007----) is a cairn of collapsed stone (L 12m, Wth 6.8m) with traces of inner wall facing. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 361) refer to this as a clochan. (Robinson 1980)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).

Date of upload: 27 January 2016

This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.

References

Manning, C. 1985c Archaeological excavations at two church sites on Inishmore, Aran Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 115, 96-120.

Robinson, T. 1980 The Aran Islands, Co. Galway: a map and guide. Árainn. Published by the author.

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.